***MEDIA ADVISORY***

FIRE COMMISSIONER NICHOLAS SCOPPETTA PRESIDES AT
FDNY- EMS MEDAL DAY CEREMONY

Fire Department’s EMS Command honors 11 members for 7 meritorious acts during 2004

Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta will preside at the New York City Fire Department’s EMS Medal Day Ceremony, honoring Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics for acts of courage, heroism and valor performed during 2004.

WHO:	Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, Chief of Department Peter Hayden, Chief of EMS Command John Peruggia, Deputy Assistant Chief of the EMS Command Jerry Gombo, Deputy Assistant Chief of EMS Command John McFarland and many other dignitaries and members of the Fire Department’s EMS Command and their families.
WHAT:	Medal presentation ceremony for 11 members of the FDNY EMS Command
WHERE:	FDNY Headquarters - Auditorium, 9 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn
WHEN:	Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.

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Contact: Francis X. Gribbon and David Billig (FDNY) (718) 999-2056

http://www.nyc.gov/fdny